Blouse



Oct. 11, 1955 ROSENTHAL BLOUSE Filed July 17, 1953 INVENTOR.

ROSENTHAL ABRAHAM BY United States Patent BLOUSE Abraham Rosenthal, Harrison, N. Y.

Application July 17, 1953, Serial No. 368,589

4 Cl ms, (Cl- 2 This invention relates to garments for ladies and, more particularly, to a ladys square blouse.

The principal object of the present invention is to provide a ladys square blouse which is readily convertible into a bolero type blouse.

Another object of the invention is to provide a square blouse which can be readily slipped over the arms of the wearer and then readily adjusted and artistically draped over the back, shoulders, neck and chest of the wearer and retained in its artistic set position on the body of the wearer without the necessity for separate rigid fastening members or for continual adjustment.

A further object of the invention is to provide a square blouse for ladies formed of two plies of stretchable material, one ply of which serves as a covering for a portion of the back of the wearer and the other ply of which may be readily extended and folded or gathered into folds and stretched and draped over the remainder of the back, the neck, shoulders and side portions of the front of the body of the wearer above the waist.

A still further object of the invention is to provide a ladys blouse which can be formed from a single piece of material and which is comfortable, graceful, aristic and pleasing in appearance.

It is further proposed to produce a ladys square blouse Which is simple in construction and which can be manufactured and sold at a reasonable cost.

For further comprehension of the invention, and of the objects and advantages thereof, reference will be had to the following description and accompanying drawings, and to the appended claims in which the various novel features of the invention are more particularly set forth.

In the accompanying drawings forming a material part of this disclosure:

Fig. l is a front perspective view of a blouse embodying my invention shown when worn upon a person.

Fig. 2 is a rear perspective view thereof.

Fig. 3 is a rear perspective view of the blouse removed from the wearer.

Fig. 4 is an elevational view of the blouse looking from the front, with the front ply of material folded or rolled preparatory to insertion of the arms of the wearer through the armholes when donning the blouse.

Fig. 5 is a plan view of the strip of material from which the blouse is constructed, showing the hems stitched in position.

The blouse, according to the present invention, is made from a single elongated, rectangular-shaped strip of suitable soft, clingy, stretchable fabric 10, as shown in Fig. 5. The strip has straight elongated edges 11 and 12 and straight end edges 13. The elongated edge 11 is formed with indented portions 14 for forming armholes. This strip is folded transversely along the fold lines 15 and 16, parallel to the end edges 13, to form a square-shaped body having two loosely juxtaposed plies 17 and 18. The body is closed at one end by securing the parallel edges of the plies together by a row of stitching 19, but leaving the indented portions 14 unsecured in order to form arrn- 2,719,978 aten ed 0st. .11, 1.95

holes 20 and 21 at the corners. The armholes are hemmed as indicated at 22. The end edges 13 of the strip are secured together inwardly from the closed end of the body for a distance approximately one-half their lengths by a row of stitching 23, the remaining unattached portions 24 of the end edges being provided with hems 25. The opposite end of the folded body is open and is provided with a hem 26.

In donning the blouse, the ply 18 of material is rolled or folded along the ply 17 and gathered together into billowy folds beyond the end of said ply 17 and beyond and around the armholes 20 and 21, by the hands of the wearer, to the position and to the folded condition shown in Fig. 4 so that the inner surface of the ply 17 and the armholes are exposed. The spreading apart of the un attached end portions 24 of the strip and the fullness of the material of ply 18 permit this folding movement. The ply 18 is preferably held in this folded condition preparatory to donning the blouse by inserting the fingers of the left hand through one of the armholes, for example, armhole 20, and grasping the folds of the material at this point by the palm of the hand. While the material is thus held, the right hand and arm of the wearer are slid through said armhole 20 and the ply 17 of material partly draped over the lower part of the back of the wearer. The left hand is then released and, together with the left arm, is slid through the other armhole 21 and the draping of the ply 17 is completed over the lower portion of the back of the wearer. The portion of ply 18 of material adjacent the juncture with the ply 17 covers the upper portion of the back of the wearer as shown in Fig. 2. A portion of the folded material of ply 18 as indicated at 27 is gathered around the back of the neck of the wearer and the remainder of said folded material of ply 18 is stretched forwardly to the front of the body of the wearer and downwardly and unfolded where it forms loose draped portions 28 over the sides and front of the body of the wearer as shown in Fig. 1. The stetchability of the material of the blouse, the fullness of the ply 18 and the unattached end portions 24 of the strip of material permit this draping of the blouse on the body of the wearer.

It will be seen from the foregoing that l have provided a very ornate, comfortable blouse constructed from a single rectangular strip of fabric and adapted to cover the back, neck, shoulders and front of the body of the wearer above the waist and adapted to be held in position without the necessity of separate rigid fastening members. The manufacture of the garment requires only a minimum of sewing, labor and material and consequently my blouse may be made at a very low cost.

While I have illustrated and described the preferred embodiment of my invention, it is to be understood that I do not limit myself to the precise construction herein disclosed and the right is reserved to all changes and modifications coming within the scope of the invention as defined in the appended claims.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by United States Letters Patent 1s:

1. A garment adapted to be Worn on the upper part of a body comprising, a rectangular piece of stretchable fabric having two ends and two sides, spaced indent means in one of said sides intermediate the ends providing armhole spaces, said rectangular fabric having the ends folded over to meet at a point between said arm-hole spaces, said arm-hole spaces being disposed at the ends of the folded fabric, and stitching securing the ends of the fabric together for a portion of their length and stitching securing the top side containing said arm-hole spaces together between the arm-hole spaces to provide a square blouse forming a bolero.

2. A garment adapted to be worn on the upper part of a body comprising, a rectangular piece of stretchable fabric having two ends and top and bottom sides, spaced indent means in said top side intermediate the ends providing arm-hole spaces, said rectangular fabric having the ends folded over to meet at a point between said armhole spaces, said arm-hole spaces being disposed at the ends of the folded fabric, and stitching securing the ends of the fabric together and stitching securing the top side containing said arm-hole spaces together between the armhole spaces to provide a square blouse forming a bolero, said stitching that secures the ends of the fabric terminating short of the bottom side thereof, leaving the bottom side end portions unstitched.

3. The garment of claim 2 wherein the bottom unstitched side and end portions of the garment are provided with hems.

4. The method of providing a rectangular blouse having a rectangular piece of stretchable material with two ends and with top and bottom sides consisting of indenting said material at points along the top side spaced from each free end thereof to provide entry of the arms of the wearer, folding the material transversely across said indentations to bring the free ends of the folded sections into juxtaposition between the indentations, stitching the top sides of the material together, and stitching the juxtaposed end edges of the folded material together along a portion of the length thereof.

References Cited in the file of this patent UNITED STATES PATENTS 2,046,350 Victorius July 7, 1936 2,302,710 Nordbloom Nov. 24, 1942 2,575,791 Brown Nov. 20, 1951 2,603,788 Page July 22, 1952 

